S.ToriAm I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
Desert Square Gardener@Torithom there's a proper way? According to who?
@desertsquare good question. There seem to be shared norms of behaviour that people pick up over time, but maybe the Fediverse is still developing little pockets of norms?
@Torithom The Fediverse has a few customs like alt text for pictures and introductions; however, I don't know if they're exclusive to this network. Some people won't interact with you if you omit those two things. I think alternate descriptions for vision-impaired users are valid. Introductions, I will not comply.
@desertsquare fair enough. Yes I shall try to get better at alt text. Not sure if I've worked it out thus far but will. Totally on board with that norm. Your question made me think about all the how to videos about using social media to promote music which stresses me out as a musician, but asking who's norms they are is important I think, especially when alt text isn't always a consideration. I think you're right that we need to challenge the norm, double empathy problem and all that.
@Torithom Welcome aboard.